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Kevin Morby Shares Political New Song "OMG Rock N' Roll" via Surreal Video

It's the third single from Morby's forthcoming double LP Oh My God


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Disaster Inspires Dream-Pop on New Single from Keep Shelly in Athens (KEXP Premiere)

Greek-Australian dream-pop duo Keep Shelly in Athens debut their new single on KEXP, “I Don’t Need You (feat. Ocean Hope)”.


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Batdancing In The Dark: Revisiting Prince’s Batman Soundtrack 30 Years Later

With his 1989 album, Prince created the formula for superhero soundtracks and gave us one of the best Joker portrayals yet.


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Sound and Vision

Sound & Vision: Getting to Know Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal Through Music

Sound & Vision has been getting to know the six new women of color in the Washington state legislature through music. Today, we meet Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, the first South Asian American woman ever elected to the US House of Representatives


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Open Mike Eagle and Danny Brown Team Up For "Unfiltered"

The song will be features on Open Mike Eagle's Comedy Central show with Baron Vaughn, The New Negroes


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Cate Le Bon Shares Politically-Charged Single "Home to You"

It's the second single from her forthcoming record Reward


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Dispatches from Beyond the Waters of Lake Minnetonka: Prince's Purple Rain at 35

35-year-old Martin Douglas explores living with an epochal album which has been living in his subconscious for pretty much his entire life.


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Adam Zacks Announces New Festival Titled THING Taking Place in Port Townsend

The Sasquatch! founder's new multi-disciplinary festival will take place August 24-25, 2019


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Courtney Barnett Shares Cerebral Video for "Everybody Here Hates You"

Take a trip into Barnett's brain in the Danny Cohen-directed clip


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From the Archives:

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Sub Pop 30th Anniversary Count-Up

In 2018, KEXP celebrated the 30th anniversary of local record label Sub Pop with a four-month retrospective, "counting up" every catalog number in their vast discography of over 1,200 releases. Dig into the archives of our catalog coverage, featuring in-depth coverage on the history of their releases.


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